Rotoscoping

- So far we've created masks to cut out still images,…but what happens if the thing you're trying…to mask is moving?…In there you need to rotoscope…and rotoscoping simply animates a shape of a mask over time.…So let's give that a try in Fusion.…Let's figure out what we're going to mask first.…Here I have the example scene…and this is saved as 5-4…and it has green screen footage.…Now even though I can use green screen tools…to try to remove the green here, there's some problems.…The X tracking marks and also the wrinkles…will cause the green screen tools to have a hard time.…

So what I could do is actually rotoscope the actress…in such a way that I throw away the tracking marks…and some of the worst wrinkles.…So let's get started with that.…So this time I'm going to go to Tools, Mask,…and choose Polygon.…Once I have the Polygon tool, I can go ahead and click…in the view and get the control vertices.…The difference is that the Polygon tool creates linear spans…and will give you tangent handles…at all the control vertices.…

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12/16/2015

Get quickly up to speed with Fusion 7, the free compositing software from Blackmagic Design. No prior Fusion knowledge required! VFX expert Lee Lanier covers the most critical elements of the interface, the construction of node networks, application of effects, simple masking and animation, and an overview of motion tracking, keying, and the 3D environment in Fusion 7.